Is this some kind of f*cking joke.

nope he's signed a 1 year deal with us

I'm not over excited by this signing but if the club have done it for the right reasons then i'm happy.

I now expect Webster to be released which will free up an non fed space and hopefully that will now be filled with quality.

The fact that it's only a one year deal also please's me because it means when some quality halves are available in the NRL(2010) we will be in a position to try to sign them. In the meantime Thorman will provide the cover for Horne/Dykes.

To all the people whinging, who is out there at present to sign??

I remember watching him & Horne play together for Yorkshire some years ago at Odsal in the halves, that night they played really well.

Yes, it's the "balls to it, we've got a franchise so we'll just make do" joke from our board.

Agar, Webster, Thorman, Maloney, cheap cheap cheap!

I'm off to go and play rugby on west park, theres a chance they may offer me a one year deal.



Waste of money in my view.

5 pages in 30 mins this topic has certainly got people talking

Agree with that (apart from the "reasonable quality" bit

). A poor man's Richard Horne IMO. I'm still waiting for us to replace Greg Mackey as he was our last class scrum half but no one at the club has recognised the need for quality organisational skills in this position for the best part of 20 years.

What next, club sponsor "Oxfam, we want your cast off's"?

Just had a thought.

Seeing that now we have Johnny sharp and he wants to bring everything from huddersfield.....do you think he'll bring there season pass pricing policy

yeah motu goin home, minichello will be hulls new full back

First reaction would be, rubbish signing. However the more I think about it the happier I am.

We need a SH, someone who has a good kicking game, can organise the side, someone with experience and hopefully someone who will stay healthy.

Thorman ticks all of these boxes imo, as a SH he does the job pretty well and should also compliment Horne too.

Anyone calling him a fullback wants shooting, he's awful there and should never play there ever again!!!

The other thing I am happy with is that its a one year deal, so if he is having a blinding season and then we can keep him for longer but it also means we can actively search for 2010 if we wish.

He is not as good as Dykes but he's much fitter which is a big plus and IMO he is better and more proven than Webster.

Spot on....anyone slagging off the signing of Thorman and advocating Webster getting a contract is deluded

There is not much difference in ability between Thorman and Dykes in all honesty. Thorman is a lot younger too.

please tell me this is a wind up? hes a poor mans richard horne and i dont particularly rate horne

Why dont you just copy and paste the Hull press release

A good signing and can play in several positions, it may just be an inspired signing. I think we will still retain Webster, I think that was always going to happen as he is needed in the reserves as well as 1 st team cover. He does not take up a cap place and still has something to offer if and when we need it.

Moving Horne to full back is strange .................. he played full back as a junior and he has filled in on occasions. His talents would be wasted there and he is a stand off that once he gets a proper scrum half to bat off we can expect fireworks.

tell me this is a wind up

When you posted "

" about a new signing yesterday, were you referring to Thorman?

I'm surprised they didn't try to buy us off with the only time Chris and Richard partnered together Yorkshire trounced Lancashire.

No I was referring to Thacks.

I expected Thorman to sign but had no idea it would be announced today.

I have not read it yet

Do you reckon that's it then or more to come?

I still think one more to come, I will guess at a prop.

Definitely. Agar is off to Aus, we'll have some on the way for 2009 and 2010.